
Buckmasters News

2023 CRP signup open through April 7
The U.S. Department of Agriculture is accepting applications for its voluntary Conservation Reserve Program. Private landowners can apply at their local USDA...

Fall turkey season opens Oct. 29
Fall turkey season, an annual opportunity to pursue the state’s only big-game bird among the changing colors of the autumn woods, kicks off Oct. 29 in 19 of...

Final deer, turkey harvest numbers reported
The 2018-2019 deer-hunting season ended Jan. 15 with the Missouri Department of Conservation reporting a preliminary total harvest of 290,339 deer.
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BY: DAVID RAINER
Slow Diagnosis
Slow diagnosis proves Lyme not a Southern myth.
Unlike most victims, Chuck Sykes knows exactly when a deer tick bit him that led to a six-month journey...

Turkey harvest sees slight increase
Turkey hunters saw an uptick in checked birds during this spring’s three-week turkey hunting season, which ran from April 18 to May 8. Hunters checked 7,578...

Creative twist for outdoor skills curriculum
Conservation officers instruct scholars in survival basics.
Photo: Conservation Enforcement Officer Ben Kiser teaches a Montevallo student how to start a...

Enforcement increases deer carcass surveillance
Photo: “When you see your local Conservation Enforcement Officer patrolling near a state line, know that what you are actually seeing is the front line in...

Yamaha Donates Special Edition Viking VI
Auction Raises $22,000 for SEAL Families.
CYPRESS, Calif. – April 21, 2015 – Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, recently donated a new Special Edition Matte Silver...

Yamaha Outdoor Access Initiative
Announces First Quarter GRANT Awards Celebrating Outdoor Recreation.
CYPRESS, Calif. – June 9, 2015 – Yamaha Motor Corp., USA, today announced the first...

DNR seeking mentor for new hunters
The Department of Natural Resources is encouraging experienced hunters to share their skills and knowledge with novice hunters by becoming hunting mentors...

Shelton-Nix earns second USFWS conservation award
Photo: Erica Shelton-Nix of the Alabama Wildlife and Freshwater Fisheries Division earned recognition from the USFWS for her work with gopher tortoises.
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